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childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

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I think I remember a few fist fights maybe between the boys, but it was I-don't-know. So but no, I can never remember standing around at a recess with nothing to do. 'Cause everybody had a game of something going on. And in the winter we used to play, um, fox and goose, down the um- you tromp up your circle and- we- every-- you would- it was great, recess was fabulous. And the other thing I could remember were marbles. We had a lot of marble games. And you cried when you lost your- your best one.

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

Speaker: And then we played tag and in the wintertime we'd make fox and goose trails and- Interviewer: Fox and goose trails? Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: That's where you had fresh snow so you followed- Interviewer: Oh, right. Speaker: Everybody followed them. Speaker: Yeah. Speaker: Until somebody would get upset and then they'd wreck your trails on you.

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

And I can remember being so pleased if we had to stay at home or stay at school for lunch because ordinarily the teacher and us kids went ah came home for dinner at noon. Interviewer: There was adventure for you to stay. Speaker: And then we'd ah, ah at recess- well, we went out and played fox and goose and-things-like-that in the snow and ah the big thing ah, social thing was the Christmas concert and that was really- actually big.

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

Speaker: Bad boys, swamp school. Interviewer 1: Give us some names (laughs). Speaker 46: Really fox-and-goose was one of the main- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Names- sports in the wintertime. Where you could make a big- big- big circle, you-know, just up track eh?

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

Speaker: And we used to play Red-Rover. Interviewer: Yeah I played that. Speaker: Yeah. And um fox-and-goose in the winter. Interviewer: What fo-- fox-and-goose? Speaker: They'd make a trail. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then they would chase you and sometimes you got cornered, like you had to be careful which path you took. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: This path in the snow 'cause then the- Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: The fox would catch the goose.

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

Interviewer: Did you have any favourite games you guys liked to play? Speaker: Ah, in the wintertime it was fox-and-goose. Interviewer: Fox-and-goose? Speaker: Yes. (laughs) Interviewer: I've never heard of that one- Speaker: You never- Interviewer: How do you play? Speaker: You made a big circle in the snow. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then divided it- dissected it in half like a big "T".

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

Speaker: And there were always the ah- winter-time, I think for recess for me was- was just fun. We would play fox-and-goose. We'd always try and keep the little kids off this section of school yard so that we could make a fox-and-goose big path and then we played that. And snowball fights and forts and um- snowmen and we had a little bit of a rock.

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.